NRL Round 25 fixture on Channel 9 – The closest season in memory will culminate in a frenzy for a ticket to the top eight and a place in the finals across an epic weekend of NRL and NRLW on Channel 9HD and 9Now.
In Thursday Night Footy, Nicho Hynes and the fifth-placed Sharks swim into the warm waters of North Queensland to meet the ninth-placed Cowboys, who cannot afford a loss on their uphill ride to a finals berth.
Five-star Cowboy Jason Taumalolo will play his 250th NRL game and he’ll back-up from gunslinging backline weapons Tom Dearden and Scott Drinkwater to get the job done.
It’s all or nothing on Friday Night Footy when the Eels and Roosters meet. Both sides are level on the ladder, just one win outside the top eight, and can end each other’s season.
Start your Saturday right with a NRLW triple-header from 11.00am before battening down the hatches for a storm from the south as Craig Bellamy’s Melbourne outfit look to gather more momentum ahead of the finals against the Dragons at 7.30pm in Saturday Night Footy.
Sunday is a rest day, but not for NRL on Nine with Andrew Johns, Billy Slater, Brad Fittler and Danika Mason dissecting the week of footy at 11.00am on the Sunday Footy Show. Straight after comes a NRLW double-header, before Sunday Arvo Footy pits the Raiders against the Bulldogs
BROADCAST SCHEDULE
LIVE AND FREE ON CHANNEL 9HD OR TO STREAM ON 9NOW
Thursday, August 17
THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTY – COWBOYS v SHARKS
Sydney/Brisbane 7.30pm LIVE on Channel 9HD and 9Now
Melbourne 7.30pm LIVE on 9GemHD and 9Now
Adelaide 7.00pm LIVE on 9GemHD and 9Now
Perth 5.30pm LIVE on 9GemHD and 9Now
Friday, August 18
FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTY – EELS v ROOSTERS
Sydney/Brisbane 7.30pm LIVE on Channel 9HD and 9Now
Melbourne 7.30pm LIVE on 9GemHD and 9Now
Adelaide 7.00pm LIVE on 9GemHD and 9Now
Perth 5.30pm LIVE on 9GemHD and 9Now
Saturday, August 19
11.00am – NRLW COWBOYS v SHARKS
12.30pm – NRLW TIGERS v DRAGONS
2.30pm – NRLW WRAP
3.00pm – NRLW TITANS v ROOSTERS
7.00pm – NRL SATURDAY NIGHT FOOTY: DRAGONS v STORM
Watch: Channel 9HD Syd/Bris/Melb, 9GemHD Adl/Perth – Stream on 9Now
Sunday, August 20
THE SUNDAY FOOTY SHOW – from 11.00am with Billy Slater, Andrew Johns, Brad Fittler and Danika Mason
NRLW – KNIGHTS v BRONCOS from 12.00pm
NRLW – RAIDERS v EELS from 1.45pm
CHEMIST WAREHOUSE SUNDAY ARVO FOOTY – RAIDERS v BULLDOGS from 3.30pm
Watch: Channel 9HD Syd/Bris, 9GemHD Melb/Adl/Perth – Stream on 9Now
Monday, August 21 – 100% FOOTY on Channel 9HD Syd/Bris
THIS WEEK ON 9NOW AND WWOS DIGITAL
SIX TACKLES WITH GUS
FREDDY AND THE EIGHTH on 9NOW
NRLW WEEKLY
THE BILLY SLATER PODCAST
STREAM NRL FOR FREE ON 9NOW FROM THURSDAY, AUGUST 17, 7.30PM
Media Release – Nine
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